A PROBE is underway after a plot to smuggle lethal shivs into Mountjoy Prison was foiled last week. The Irish Sun can reveal ...

Gardaí suspect the involvement of a local drugs gang and believe the incident may have been triggered by an assault in the ...

A man who assaulted a garda on a plane with 109 passengers on board because he was not taking his schizophrenia medication ...

Overcrowding has resulted deteriorating conditions for inmates, reaching the threshold of inhumane and degrading', Irish Penal Reform Trust warns ...

Irish teacher Enoch Burke has been jailed for contempt of court for an indeterminate period, not given a life sentence for ...

A woman who made a false allegation that she had been sexually assaulted by a prison officer escorting her on a hospital ...

Ireland's prison system is "overwhelmed, overstretched and inhumane", according to a new report by The Irish Penal Reform Trust.

THE PRISON service is at breaking point due to an overcrowding crisis, according to a shock new report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust. It found that the system had regressed in 11 areas, including ...

Murderers and sex offenders enjoyed a taxpayer-funded Christmas party with the top civil servants responsible for running Northern Ireland’s jails.

Funnylady Rosie O'Donnell is keeping her distance from jailed daughter Chelsea O'Donnell as the troubled addict awaits ...

The public have been issued with an urgent alert after a prisoner has escaped. People have warned that he should not be ...